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EP 0 996 545 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 03.05.2000 Bulletin 2000/18 (21) Application number: 97931905.0 (22) Date of filing: 11.07.1997

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B41C 1/14 (86) International application number: PCT/GB9701/881 (87) International publication number: WO 9902/344 (21.01.1999 Gazette 1999/03)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE (71) Applicant: AUTOTYPE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED WantageOxfordshire OX12 7BZ (GB)	(72) Inventors: FOSTER, David, Joseph Wiltshire SN1 4NQ (GB) HARRIS, Anna, Jane Oxfordshire OX12 9DX (GB) (74) Representative: W.P. THOMPSON & CO.  Eastcheap HouseCentral Approach Letchworth,Hertfordshire SG6 3DS Letchworth,Hertfordshire SG6 3DS (GB)